רָוָה
ra.vah
“to quench”
Definition
to slake the thirst (occasionally of other appetites)
a primitive root;
- to be satiated or saturated, have or drink one's fill 1a) (Qal) to take one's fill 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to be drunk, be intoxicated 1b2) to drench, water abundantly, saturate 1c) (Hiphil) to saturate, water, cause to drink
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
רָוָה appears 12 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
So I weep with Jazerfor the vines of Sibmah;I drench Heshbon and Elealehwith my tears.Triumphant shouts have fallen silentover your summer fruit and your harvest.
And the wild oxen will fall with them,the young bulls with the strong ones.Their land will be drenched with blood,and their soil will be soaked with fat.
For just as rain and snow fall from heavenand do not return without watering the earth,making it bud and sprout,and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak.”
He has filled me with bitterness;He has intoxicated me with wormwood.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.